Acropora ID

[sculpin01]

So I bought this guy 10 months ago from Unique Corals. It almost had a bottlebrush vibe to it although the rounded tips to the corallites suggest otherwise. Put it sideways on a rock in about 500 PAR and now it looks like a porcupine. Anyone want to venture a guess on species? The best I can come up with is Acropora elseyi. Thanks!

Mike

 

[vetteguy53081]

So I bought this guy 10 months ago from Unique Corals. It almost had a bottlebrush vibe to it although the rounded tips to the corallites suggest otherwise. Put it sideways on a rock in about 500 PAR and now it looks like a porcupine. Anyone want to venture a guess on species? Thanks!

Mike

Looks like aculeus acro

 

[sculpin01]

Good thought. I hadn't thought about that because the A. aculeus I have look more like these guys with rounded axial corallites: